Seetharamu finds himself in unwanted controversy

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Actor Nikhil Kumar, son of chief minister HD Kumaraswamy found himself in unwanted controversy after his comments on the ongoing sugarcane farmer crisis. His political background continue to overshadow his film career. Earlier this week, his comments that farmers should wait as the state treasury is empty sparked off a major trolling with even opposition leaders questioning how an actor would know what was the current state of the state treasury. The issue refused to die and on Wednesday there was more in store for the Jaguar actor.

Nikhil’s political comment came at his film, Seetharama Kalyana’s wrap up announcement. His comment that the intelligence report the government has received shows that it was not farmers involved in violence. Farmers do not behave like goondas he said responding to a question by the media. This was enough for the focus to shift from Seetharama Kalyana to the probity of Nikhil.

BJP leader Suresh Kumar questioned how Nikhil was privy to the state intelligence report and if being the CM’s son entitled him to state government secrets. Nikhil had to clarify that he was only commenting as a JD(S) party member and not as being part of the government. But that did not end his woes in the issue. Are JD(S) members given state government intelligence report to share, was the question that went unanswered after that.

The grand announcement of the participation of 130 actors in the Harsha directed film thus became collateral damage in the political slug fest.